| Hall Green | |
|---|---|
 Hall Green constituency shown within the city of Birmingham borough. | |
 Independent businesses in a shopping area of Hall Green | |
  Hall Green Location within the West Midlands | |
| Population | 26,429 (2001)[1] |
| • Density | 4,867 per km² |
| OS grid reference | SP106815 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Shire county | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode district | B28 |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Hall Green is an area in southeast Birmingham, England, synonymous with the B28 postcode. It is also a council constituency of Birmingham City Council, managed by its own district committee. Historically it lay within the county of Worcestershire.[2] The 2001 Population Census found that there were 25,921 people living in Hall Green with a population density of 4,867 people per km2, this compares with 3,649 people per km2 for Birmingham.
The Shire Country Park runs past Sarehole Mill and along the course of the River Cole to Small Heath. Millstream Way passes through the park. Wildlife present at the country park include otters and water voles and many types of birds. The old village of Sarehole (now on the border of Hall Green and Moseley) is where J. R. R. Tolkien lived as a child and gained inspiration for the Hobbit's home "The Shire" as well as the book, The Lord of the Rings.
Hall Green was the home to Moor Green F.C., prior to an arson attack on the club's original Moorlands stadium in 2005, leading to the club moving their home games to Solihull Borough's Damson Park stadium, with the two clubs subsequently merging to become Solihull Moors. The local Moorlands stadium has since been demolished to make way for 'The Moorlands' housing estate.[3][4]
Hall Green was also the home to the popular greyhound racing stadium and race course situated on the former Olympia Sports Ground, York Road called Hall Green Stadium; the stadium having won the BGRB Midlands and Western Region Racecourse of the Year for four consecutive years between 2000 and 2003. The stadium was closed by its owners Euro Property Investments Limited in July 2017 to make way for the 'Olympia' housing estate.[5][6]
- ^ "Birmingham Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Great Britain and Ireland - interactive county map". wikishire.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Football club hit by arson attack". BBC News. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- ^ townscapesolutions.co.uk: 'The Moorlands'
- ^ Jones, Tamlyn (5 June 2017). "This greyhound stadium has announced a closing date". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "This is how Hall Green Greyhound Stadium will look in just two years". 31 March 2019.